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The papers presented at a symposia deal with development as influenced by various factors such as colonial and post-colonial histories, nature of governance, role of development agencies, accessible resources, education levels, pre-existing organisations to carry out development tasks, gender differentials and empowerment of women. The papers stress the importance of indigenous knowledge and local institutions in development interventions as well as the loss of ...
This is a collection of research papers presented in the UGC and ICSSR sponsored National Conference on Indigenous People in India: Identity, Empowerment and Discontent held at Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya in West Bengal.
The volume aims at understanding the criteria of identity of the indigenous people in Indian context on the one hand and, on the other, it tries to identify the impediments towards their empowerment and the causes behind their discontent. It ...